In response to a few of the above comment. You shouldn't be using alcohol swabs before insulin anyway as it can affect the reading. To the poster, there's many injections that don't require you to swab before injecting. It's not life and death, but i...
Just want to add that while you think just because you've spent a small amount of time as a student working, that in no way means your experience is reality. You will find, that while a student, your preceptors have kept you light years away from the...
kiwinurse18 replied to CityofAngelsRN's topic in Headlines
Thank you so much! I've never seen any health professional behave like that so I probably wasn't looking hard enough at the patient. That makes heaps of sense, I did think the lack of symptoms was a bit off, but I missed how weird the father comments...
kiwinurse18 replied to CityofAngelsRN's topic in Headlines
Doc was highly unprofessional and behaving like a idiot. If a patient won't leave following discharge call security. Don't grab him, swear and make all round patronising comments. If I got treated like this I wouldn't leave either, I'd want a second ...
kiwinurse18 replied to jeastridge's topic in General Nursing
I regularly speak with patients about quitting. Quite often they're not interested. That's fine. I don't push it. Know why? Because the majority of them are already going thru hell with their recent diagnosis or admittance. Smoking is no where near a...
This. You say if your teacher had stuck by her word none of this would be happening. But bigger picture - perhaps if you had known the content better, none of this would be happening. I've read on the following pages you've passed. May I suggest you...
Hey, I've had the opportunity to interview with District nurses (mostly wounds and catheters) and am wondering if experienced wound nurses would recommend it immediately out of graduating. Why/why not? Future dreams are a bit of a mixed bag at the m...
I'd say important. If I know someone is vulnerable and upset about a diagnosis then I'll make sure I spend what spare time I have talking to them - rather than the patient whose happy they're going in for surgery finally. It informs where I may need ...
kiwinurse18 replied to NurseMom2016's topic in General Nursing
There's this really great article called "care goes in, crap goes out". Worth a read. Basically the patient is the centre. Nurses, doctors, family, friends are all in outer circles and the patient is allowed to dumb their crap out to their support. I...
kiwinurse18 replied to SunshineNRainbows's topic in General Students
Like physical assessments? I created my own study sheet to fit the criteria for passing. And then it was just practice with other students. We were taught the COLDSPA framework which was great for getting a background history. I also referred to Pott...
In New Zealand, however I'm looking for general advice on how you think would be the best way to approach so advice from anywhere is appreciated! It's long. Sorry not sorry. I'm a final year student in my final placement/clinical. About 7 of us are i...